Gramm-Bernstein Company, also known as Gramm Motor Car Co. and Gramm Truck Co., was an automobile company in Lima, Ohio in the early 20th century. The company was an early manufacturer of power wagons and advertised 1, 2, 3, and 5 ton models with "any style of body desired". Vehicles were sold through the Willys-Overland Company. Gramm received a $1,225,000 order "for trucks said to be for commercial purposes in Great Britain" in 1916. A manufacturing plan was designed by Lima architectural firm McLaughlin & Hulsken.

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